Lyft (LYFT) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026)

Lyft (LYFT) recorded quarterly Operating Expenses of $1.7 billion in Q1 2026, down 6.86% quarter-over-quarter from $1.8 billion in Q4 2025, and up 11.95% on a YoY basis from $1.5 billion in Q1 2025.

Lyft (LYFT) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Lyft's Operating Expenses history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.7 billion for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 11.95% year-over-year to $1.7 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $6.7 billion (up 10.55% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $6.5 billion, up 10.16% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $1.7 billion for Q1 2026 at Lyft, down from $1.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.8 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $1.1 billion in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $1.4 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.5 billion in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Expenses surged 42.42% in 2022, then slipped 27.46% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then dropped by 27.46% to $1.3 billion in 2023, then grew by 18.49% to $1.5 billion in 2024, then increased by 16.78% to $1.8 billion in 2025, then retreated by 6.86% to $1.7 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.7 billion (Q1 2026), $1.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.7 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - -269.42 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 11.28 Bn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 6.22 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.04 Bn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 2.33 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 3.67 Bn
10 Lyft 5.64 Bn 3.91 Bn 1.38 Bn 1.66 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 1.66 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.78 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.66 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.59 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.48 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.52 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.58 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.46 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.18 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.22 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.77 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.34 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.36 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.07 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.24 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.01 Bn